Çré Yoginé Ekädaçé Issue no: 14 12th June 2015 Srimad-Bhagavatam The postgraduate study of the science of Godhead

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Catuù-Çloki-Bhägavata His Divine Grace A .C. Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada

Means To Achieve Unflinching Faith Srila Sukadev

Listening -kathä Srila Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur

The Ten Basic Principles Srila Bhakti Vinode Thakur

The Ten Topics Of Bhägavatam Srila Jiva Goswami Issue no 14, Page — 2 nityaà bhägavata-sevayä

etävad eva jijïäsyaà tattva-jijïäsunätmanaù anvaya-vyatirekäbhyäà yat syät sarvatra sarvadä

“A person interested in transcendental knowledge must therefore always directly and indirectly inquire about it to know the all-pervading truth.” —Çrémad-Bhägvatam 2.9.33-36

In the first of these verses the transcendental nature of Lord , the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is explained. The second verse further explains that the Lord is detached from the workings of the material energy, mäyä. The living entities, although parts and parcels of Lord Krishna, are prone to be controlled by the external energy; therefore, although they are spiritual, in the material world they are encased in bodies of material energy. The eternal relationship of the living entities with the Supreme Lord is explained Catuù-Çloki-Bhägavata in that verse. The next verse instructs that the Supreme His Divine Grace Personality of Godhead, by His inconceivable A .C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada energies, is simultaneously one with and different from the living entities and the material energy. This knowledge is called acintya-bhedäbheda-tattva. Çrémad-Bhägavatam has eighteen thousand verses, When an individual living entity surrenders to the which are summarized in the four verses: Supreme Lord, Krishna, he can then develop natural transcendental for Him. This surrendering aham eväsam evägre nänyad yat sad-asat param process should be the primary concern of a human paçcäd ahaà yad etac ca yo ’vaçiñyeta so ’smy aham being. In the next verse it is said that a conditioned soul must ultimately approach a bona fide spiritual “Prior to the cosmic creation, only I exist, and no master and try to understand perfectly the material and phenomena exist, either gross, subtle or primordial. spiritual worlds and his own existential position. Here After creation, only I exist in everything, and after the words anvaya-vyatirekäbhyäm, “directly and annihilation, only I remain eternally''. indirectly,” suggest that one must learn the process of devotional service in its two aspects: one must åte ’rthaà yat pratéyeta na pratéyeta cätmani directly execute the process of devotional service and indirectly avoid the impediments to progress. tad vidyäd ätmano mäyäà yathäbhäso yathä tamaù

— Çré Caitanya-caritämåta » Ädi-lélä » Chapter 1 : The Spiritual Masters “What appears to be truth without Me is certainly My » Verse: 56 » Purport · illusory energy, for nothing can exist without Me. It is like a reflection of a real light in the shadows, for in the Means To Achieve Unflinching Faith light there are neither shadows nor reflections''. Srila Sukadev Goswami

yathä mahänti bhütäni bhüteñüccävaceñv anu The fortunate King Parikshit said: O , praviñöäny apraviñöäni tathä teñu na teñv aham by your mercy only, you have sanctified us, making us like unto places of pilgrimage, all by your presence “As the material elements enter the bodies of all living here as my guest. By your mercy, we, who are but beings and yet remain outside them all, I exist within unworthy royalty, become eligible to serve the devotee. all material creations and yet am not within them''. Simply by our remembering you, our houses become instantly sanctified. And what to speak of seeing you, nityaà bhägavata-sevayä top right 3 Issue no 14, Page 3 touching you, washing your holy feet and offering you the topmost transcendentalists, who are above the a seat in our home? Just as the atheist cannot remain in regulative principles and restrictions, take pleasure the presence of the Personality of Godhead, so also the in describing the glories of the Lord. At the end of invulnerable sins of a man are immediately vanquished the Dvapara-yuga, I studied this great supplement of in your presence, O ! O great mystic! Vedic literature named Çrémad-Bhägavatam, which is Lord Krishna, the Personality of Godhead, who equal to all the , from my father, Srila Dvaipayana is very dear to the sons of King Pandu, has accepted me Vyasadeva. O saintly King, I was certainly situated as one of those relatives just to please His great cousins perfectly in transcendence, yet I was still attracted by and brothers. Otherwise [without being inspired by Lord the delineation of the pastimes of the Lord, who is Krishna] how is it that you have voluntarily appeared described by enlightened verses. here, though you are moving incognito to the common That very Çrémad-Bhägavatam I shall recite man and are not visible to us who are on the verge of before you because you are the most sincere devotee of death? Lord Krishna. One who gives full attention and respect You are the spiritual master of great and to hearing Çrémad-Bhägavatam achieves unflinching devotees. I am therefore begging you to show the way faith in the Supreme Lord, the giver of salvation. O King, of perfection for all persons, and especially for one who constant chanting of the holy name of the Lord after is about to die. Please let me know what a man should the ways of the great authorities is the doubtless and hear, chant, remember and worship, and also what he fearless way of success for all, including those who are should not do. Please explain all this to me. O powerful free from all material desires, those who are desirous brahmana, it is said that you hardly stay in the houses of of all material enjoyment, and also those who are self- men long enough to milk a cow. satisfied by dint of transcendental knowledge. What is the value of a prolonged life which is Sri Suta Goswami said: The King thus spoke and wasted, inexperienced by years in this world? Better a questioned the sage, using sweet language. Then the moment of full consciousness, because that gives one a great and powerful personality, the son of Vyasadeva, start in searching after his supreme interest. The saintly who knew the principles of religion, began his reply. King Khatvanga, after being informed that the duration of his life would be only a moment more, at once freed Sri Sukadev Goswami said: My dear King, your himself from all material activities and took shelter of the question is glorious because it is very beneficial to all supreme safety, the Personality of Godhead. Maharaja kinds of people. The answer to this question is the Parikshit, now your duration of life is limited to seven prime subject matter for hearing, and it is approved by more days, so during this time you can perform all all transcendentalists. Those persons who are materially those rituals which are needed for the best purpose of engrossed, being blind to the knowledge of ultimate your next life. truth, leave many subject matters for hearing in human —Çrémad-Bhägvatam (Bhägavata Puräëa) » Canto 1 » Chapter 19: The society, O Emperor. The lifetime of such an envious Appearance of Çukadeva Gosvämé » Verse:: 32 -40 & Canto 2 » Chapter householder is passed at night either in sleeping or in 1: The First Step in Realization » Verse: 2-14 · sex indulgence, and in the daytime either in making money or maintaining family members. Listening Hari-kathä Persons devoid of ätma-tattva do not inquire Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati Thakur into the problems of life, being too attached to the fallible soldiers like the body, children and wife. Although We must distinguish between transcendental words sufficiently experienced, they still do not see their and mundane words. Whenever mundane words inevitable destruction. O descendant of King Bharata, enter the ear, four other senses inspect them to see one who desires to be free from all miseries must hear whether they agree with previous experience. When about, glorify and also remember the Personality of the transcendental sound comes it carries all necessary Godhead, who is the Supersoul, the controller and the implements and things that sweep away wrong ideas savior from all miseries. as well as supply accommodation for the vacuum The highest perfection of human life, achieved caused by dismantlement of older constructions by the either by complete knowledge of matter and spirit, by transcendental sound. It clears up all previous deposits practice of mystic powers, or by perfect discharge of of knowledge. occupational duty, is to remember the Personality of The transcendental sound should not be Godhead at the end of life. O King Parikshit, mainly confronted with ordinary sound. It offers no scope for Top Issue left 4 no 14, Page — 4 nityaà bhägavata-sevayä do not care to give their full attention not feeling that there is any such necessity. But we require that persons holding the materialistic view should be given to understand that we are in urgent need of studying the transcendental sound. It is efficacious in our present stage also. People now-a-days freely indulge in all sorts of materialistic views. They do not entertain the idea that everyone is vitally interested for studying the transcendental sound which they neglect by accepting materialistic views. All of us seek help and strive to utilize everything for ephemeral purposes. The receiver as well as grantor of such help are both of them liable to be transformed. So the empiric knowledge is inadequate to cope with the transcendental sound. But transcendental sound furnished all sorts of help necessary for its proper acceptance. We cannot help ourselves at the time of birth, in infancy. As a matter of fact are always in need of constant help. This is our life long experience. With growing experience we scrutinize about gradation of the help received. We become aware that a grammar school imparts less knowledge than higher academies which furnish more information. We are always seeking greater education. The rationalistic propagatory agencies force us to look for sources of help. We find that infinity can meet our demand. That infinity should be ever existent, all- knowledge all-blissful. We should not neglect the study of these things. We poor people must get help from others. All help is to be received from the fountain- head. He can do no wrong to us. We need not associate any wrong idea in the fountain head. But our poor achievements trouble us with the idea that we can easily dispense with such help from the fountain head. The primary thing is that we require help. A any invasion of the challenger. It does not allow any knower requires that knowledge should intervene opposing sound to disturb its progress. When it comes, to cement him with the source of knowledge. The ordinary sounds give way to make progress towards it. conception of theists should not, therefore, be The transcendental sound is called Harikatha dismissed. We are allowed to stay in the mortal coil for (discourse about the Godhead). Mundane sounds give some time. But I am to leave off my mortal frame and facility to our enjoyments. We display two different should not be satisfied with my present predicament. sorts of feelings towards them. We either welcome We should never be satisfied with mundane aspirations or don’t give invitation. We don’t welcome pain. The only. This life is short in comparison with eternal life. transcendental sound does not give pain in any way. We should pay more attention to preparation for that The transcendental sound is furnished with all sorts life. of good wishes that we require. We should study it We may attend to some of our primary in this life. This is initiation (dékñä), consisting of the necessaries of this life and need not be deprived. utterance of some that dispel all sorts of wrong But this need not lead us to forget that this is not the impressions and we are placed in a plane where no summum bonum and to consider that we should have opposition is met. That sound is needed by everybody. purely mundane interest and should have no interest in Though some people who cherish materialistic ideas the eternal transcendental. nityaà bhägavata-sevayä Issue no 14, Page 5 We can leave access to distant objects through 7.Some are free beings or liberated souls eternally the medium of sound only. Ocular activity cannot help rendering loving service to Him under the guidance of us to be in contact with things lying behind the screen. His internal exhilarating energy ; Sound enables us to have an idea of things located out of sight at a long distance, beyond human scope, 8.Both the jévas and the phenomenal are His beyond our intellectual horizon. manifestations simultaneously distinct and non-distinct We show natural eagerness to go further than from Him; the human scope. That can be by the transcendental sound carried by a messenger who cannot give any 9.Pure devotion is the means of attaining the highest time to these mundane examinations. This is only three end of spiritual existence. dimensions, - line, surface and cube. This space permits us to have no idea of fourth and higher dimensions and divisible parts. Our senses cannot go beyond three 10.Krishna-Prema or Divine Love for Krishna is the dimensions. summum bonum of human existence. We are always looking out for having our knowledge extended. That can be by the transcendental The Supreme Lord Sri Krishna Chaitanya has taught sound which possesses this particular potency. The these ten basic principles to all the people of the world. great peculiarity of that sound consists in this that it is identical with colour, figure, attributions, qualities, 1. The Vedas are self revealed truths. They come activities and need not be challenged and testified down to us through the lips of the genuine devotees by the four other senses, or arguments. We should of the Supreme Lord such as , in the chain of allot a portion of time to the study of this subject. We preceptorial succession. They are recognized as the should always be impressing on our friends, who true criteria of real knowledge. They assert the nine principal doctrines as proved conclusions with the help have got an atheistical tendency for preferring material advancement, that the soul has got a sacred duty of of auxiliary sources of knowledge viz., perception, getting rid of the restricted duties and that therefore, we inference, analogy, etc., reasoning or logical argument should give a lending ear to the transcendental sound being powerless, due to its limitations, for establishing whenever such an opportunity presents itself. transcendental truths. —From the writings of Srila Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Thakur, Printed in 'The Harmonist', January 1932. · 2. Hari is the One Universal Truth Absolute worshipped by Brahma, , Indra and all other . The The Ten Basic Principles attributeless Brahma is the effulgent aspect of His Srila Bhakti Vinode Thakur Spiritual Form. The Immanent Paramatma, the Primal Cause, is the partial aspect of Sri Hari who is the most beloved consort of Sri and whose complexion is 1.The Vedas are self revealed truths. like that of a fresh nimbus cloud.

2.They declare that Hari is the Absolute Person of the 3. May the Supreme Lord be glorified, who is identical Godhead and is one without a second; with His internal self-conscious energy and yet independent of His powers. The marginal jéva potency 3.He is endowed with all the potencies in the fullest and the external mayik potency, though co-existent, are degree; not identical with Him. He lords it over all His Powers. He is the Sole Proprietor and enjoyer of all His potencies, 4.He is the ocean of all rasas (the principle that is spiritual and mundane. Despite the manifestations of palatable to the pure soul) ; His Potencies in the spiritual and mundane planes, He remains unchanged and untransformable. 5.The jévas are His discrete parts ; 4. May Sri Krishna, the chief sportive Hero of all 6.Some of them are enthralled by His deluding potency amorous games in Braja, be triumphant, who is ever or ; immersed in the ocean of rasa (liquid mellowness to the spiritual palate), who exhilarates Himself and His devotees through His hlädiné-çakti or exhilarating Issue no 14, Page — 6 nityaà bhägavata-sevayä energy. He disports Himself as the chief centre of divine tending His holy feet, worship, greetings, doing all expressions of love through His pure self-conscious that pleases Him, friendship, and self-surrendering in saàvit energy. Through the energy of existence known obedience to the regulated practices of devotion, he as sandhiné He manifests His own form, His spiritual attains nascent or dawning of love to the Lotus feet of abode and all spiritual entities for His eternal pastimes. Sri Krishna.

5. Jéva souls are the atomic parts of the all-pervading 10. When a devotee attains maturity in his spiritual over-soul, like the sparks of a blazing fire. Like the practices, he realizes his eternal nature which enkindles rays of the sun, they are inseparably connected but him to render confidential service to Sri Sri Radha- are not identical with the over-soul, who is the Lord of Krishna in Braja under the guidance of his divine master Mäyä, His deluding potency. The jéva soul, even in his who is also an exhilarating potency eternally engaged unfettered state, is liable to be enthralled and infatuated in Their loving service. The acme of his life in this world by the triple qualities of His deluding potency. is reached when he is blessed with the eternal loving service in the love-games of the divine youthful couple 6. Those who have forgotten their real nature hankering bringing upon him the nonpareil wealth of felicity after their selfish enjoyments and have turned their backs endowed in the highest ecstatic principle. against the Supreme Lord Krishna, are punished by the A devotee who possesses a natural aptitude three-fold noose of His deluding energy, enclosed by for the eternal service of Sri Hari must be well the double envelopes of gross and subtle bodies, and acquainted with the intricacies of the scriptures. He are hurled down to the enigmatic labyrinth of , must discriminate the following inner truths viz., Who the cycle of births and re-births, enjoying for a while by is Krishna? Who am I, a jéva? What is the nature of that turns heavenly pleasures or suffering terrible miseries. spiritual kingdom? What is this phenomenal world? What is the relationship that exists between Krishna 7. If, in course of this erratic sojourn, the conditioned and all entities? He must shun by all means, the error of soul comes in contact with a true devotee or a at-one-ness with , all acts of piety and impiety vaishnava saturated with the intense love of Krishna, and all sorts of offences. If he does so, he is entitled, and finds relish to follow Him in the track of devotion, as an humble servant of the Supreme Lord Sri Hari, to he is released from his mayik imprisonment by the drink of the ambrosial bliss accruing from chanting of constant hearing and chanting of the eternal qualities the Holy Name in the society of His genuine devotees. and glories of the Holy Name of Krishna, with the result By taking recourse to the elixir of these ten that this heart becomes pure and transparent and in that basic principles, the jéva can shake off his malady of transparent heart he sees reflected the real nature of the nescience or avidyä and can regain his eternal function Supreme Lord with all His paraphernalia and that of of loving service in the blissful realm of Braja under the His own pure self, a fact which enables him to realize benign guidance of his divine master Sri Gurudeva. the blissful state of Divine love in the company of the —From the writings of Srila Bhakti Vinode Thakur, Printed in 'The absolute-realised souls or sadhus. Harmonist', January 1935 ·

8. Hari is the supreme Lord of all His potencies. The The Ten Topics Of Bhägavatam Jaiva (sentient), the Cosmic (insentient) and the extra- Srila Jiva Goswami cosmic (spiritual) worlds are the transformational of His potencies, spiritual and material. The theory of Illusion, Upon listing the ten topics of Bhagavat Puräëa, as propounded by the pantheists, is untenable and false Sukadev Goswami mentions that the Bhägavatam uses as it is opposed to the çruti, the revealed word. It is the indirect statements to explain these topics. dirty filth of Kali, the age of controversy for self-assertion. The doctrine of simultaneous existence of distinction atra sargo visargaç ca sthänaà poñaëam ütayaù and non-distinction is the unalloyed view approved by the çrutis. In matters purely spiritual divine love ensures manvantareçänukathä nirodho muktir äçrayaù spiritual perfection and is always triumphant. “In this book, the following ten topics are described: 9. When a devotee renders, as a neophyte, nine-fold sarga [the original setting in motion of primordial spiritual services of hearing, chanting, , nature by the Lord, i.e., primary creation], visarga [the secondary creation of the primal cosmic being, nityaà bhägavata-sevayä Issue no 14, Page 7 Brahma], sthäna [the sustenance of living beings], and Maitreya and that between and Devahüti. poñaëa [the mercy displayed by the Lord in nurturing In yet other places, the Bhägavatam glorifies the Lord His devotees], üti [the subconscious imprints and indirectly through historical episodes, such as the desires that promote engagement in goal-oriented accounts of how the Lord saved Parikshit Maharaja from action], manv-antara [the religious path enacted by Ashvatthama’s atomic weapon and of how Sukadeva the Manus], éçanukathä [narrations of the Lord and His Goswami was captivated when he heard verses about devotees], nirodha [dissolution of the creation], mukti Lord Krishna’s attributes. [liberation] and äçrayaù [the substratum or ultimate In this way Srila Jiva Goswami shows that the shelter of individual and collective being].”(Çrémad- purpose of the nine preliminary subjects discussed in Bhägavatam 2.10.1) the Bhägavatam is to explain the tenth subject, the The following verse of the Bhägavatam advaya-jïäna, which is also called the äçrayaù and is provides further description: the fountainhead of everything. Every person has two types of characteristics daçamasya viçuddhy-arthaà navänäm iha lakñaëam svarüpa (personal) and taöa-stha (marginal), and the varëayanti mahätmänaù çrutenärthena cäïjasä Supreme Personality of Godhead is no exception. In our present conditioned state we have no experience of “The first nine topics are described to make the tenth His personal features, and so if we hear these described subject explicit. The great scholars describe sometimes without proper commentary we may misconstrue directly or by literal meaning and sometimes indirectly them on account of our strong material conditioning. or by suggested meaning.” (Çrémad-Bhägavatam But whether we adopt the aggregate or the individual 2.10.2) viewpoint, we can more easily understand the Lord’s marginal characteristics manifested within the material This Çrémad-Bhägavatam discusses ten topics, nature, for they are within the scope of our personal beginning with creation, but the sages’ real purpose in experience. describing the characteristics of the first nine is to give us systematic, lucid knowledge of the tenth topic. One Srila Vyasadeva uses the same approach in the might object here that the presentation of the other Vedänta-sütra. After designating Brahman the subject nine topics does not seem to explain the tenth topic; of the book in the first —athäto brahma-jijïäsä: we reply that in the Bhägavatam the sages explain “Now, therefore, inquire into Brahman”—he begins the tenth topic both directly, by the explicit utterance discussing the Lord’s marginal characteristics in the next of prayers and other statements, and also indirectly, sütra—janmädy asya yataù: “From Him come the through the implied purport of various historical creation, maintenance, and destruction of the universe.” accounts. Çrémad-Bhägavatam similarly discusses ten topics, Commentary presenting the first nine to help us understand the tenth topic, the äçrayaù. (Later in the Sandarbhas this äçrayaù Jiva Goswami begins explaining the absolute reality will be identified more fully as Lord Sri Krishna.) The first from the viewpoint of the aggregate—the samañöi nine topics of Çrémad-Bhägavatam deal with various perspective—and he bases his explanation on the ten potencies of the Lord, such as His creative potency, topics treated in the Bhägavatam’s twelve cantos. First sarga-çakti. Understanding these topics helps us he quotes two verses spoken by Sukadeva Goswami appreciate the Supreme Lord as the possessor of these (2.10.1–2), the second of which states that the reason potencies. Then we can come to properly apprehend why scripture describes such topics as creation, His personal features and pastimes, which are narrated maintenance, annihilation, and liberation is to help in the Bhägavatam’s Tenth Canto. Without studying us understand the ultimate topic, the Supreme Lord. the nine preliminary topics of the Bhägavatam, we run Indeed, these other topics are but descriptions of the the risk of viewing His form and pastimes superficially, Supreme Lord’s manifold potencies. The Lord is the of concluding that Krishna is an ordinary human being fountainhead of all these phenomena, and Çrémad- endowed with some extraordinary powers. But this is Bhägavatam explains them just to illustrate His special far from the truth. characteristics. In some places the Bhägavatam introduces prayers to the Supreme Lord in the course Lord Krishna therefore says in the Bhagavad- of describing one or more of the other nine topics, gétä (9.11): and in these prayers the Supreme Person Himself is the object of glorification. In other places the Lord is avajänanti mäà müòhä mänuñéà tanum äçritam described directly, as in the dialogue between Vidura paraà bhävam ajänanto mama bhüta-maheçvaram Issue no 14, Page — 8 nityaà bhägavata-sevayä “Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form. “Only unto those great souls who have implicit faith They do not know My transcendental nature as the in and devotion to both the Supreme Lord and the Supreme Lord of all that be.” By contrast, the Lord spiritual master are all the imports of Vedic knowledge describes those who do understand His transcendental revealed.” nature as follows: Nothing is revealed to the student without the grace of the spiritual master. Therefore to disregard janma karma ca me divyam evaà yo vetti tattvataù the principle that one must approach a spiritual master tyaktvä dehaà punar janma naiti mäm eti so ’rjuna to understand the Absolute Truth is to disrespect the Vedic teachings from the outset and ensure failure. Lord “One who knows in truth the transcendental nature of Krishna confirms this in the Bhagavad-gétä (16.23): My appearance and activities does not, upon leaving the body, take his birth again in this material world, but yaù çästra-vidhim utsåjya vartate käma-kärataù attains My eternal abode, O ” (Bhagavad-gétä na sa siddhim aväpnoti na sukhaà na paräà gatim 4.9). Therefore, wishing to lead us to the highest plane “He who discards scriptural injunctions and acts of transcendence through a proper understanding of according to his own whims attains neither perfection, the Bhägavatam’s tenth subject, the summum bonum, nor happiness, nor the supreme destination.” Sukadeva Goswami first explains the first nine subjects. Therefore, to unravel the mystery of Çrémad- Clearly, then, we should study Çrémad-Bhägavatam in Bhägavatam one should follow in the footsteps of the order Sukadeva Goswami presented it, from the first the previous äcäryas and refrain from jumping to the verse onward. esoteric pastimes described in the Tenth Canto. Unfortunately, unscrupulous persons do not —Anuccheda 56, Çri-Tattva Sandarbha of Srila Jiva Goswami. study the Bhägavatam verse by verse, Canto by Canto, Translation & Commentary by Sri Satya Narayan Das, Printed at ISKCON but rather jump to the Tenth Canto. Yet they pose , 1995 · themselves as learned scholars of the Bhägavatam. Another failing of these false Bhägavatam scholars is their neglect of the mandatory requirement that one must hear the Bhägavatam at the feet of a bona fide coming in Vaishnava disciplic succession. Because of this omission they cannot properly relish the ripened fruit of the Vedic tree of knowledge. To all such persons Lord Krishna declares in the Bhagavad-gétä (7.25):

nähaà prakäçaù sarvasya -mäyä-samävåtaù müòho ’yaà näbhijänäti loko mäm ajam avyayam

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